The Great Hunt

Man am I so glad I picked up this series finally. I'm not going to go too far into the plot to avoid spoilers, but this picks up shortly after the last book left off. A lot of the problems with the first one were resolved in this book. My biggest gripe with the first book was that the pacing was off, but this book really improved on that. I didn't want to put the book down. The adventures had high stakes, and the reader learned so much more lore about this world and it's magic system. We learn a lot about the One Power and it's different manifestations as well.

The characters were all tested in specific ways to make their growth that much more impactful. We got some added characters that we followed, as well as explore characters we were already familiar with. One of my other gripes about the first book is that most of the book was just from Rand's perspective. However, in this book we get multiple POVs throughout the whole book, which I really appreciated. It really gave the reader that much more knowledge about the world.

The world building is chef's kiss. There is so many different types of magic, monsters, and locations we get to explore as the reader. While it can seem overwhelming at first, Jordan does a great job of making the information as digestible as possible.

I'm so excited to continue this series. I wish I had picked it up sooner.

TW: blood, violence, torture, slavery